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  1. Tech

    Helping circuits get enough oxygen

    The search for new insulators needed for making ever-smaller circuits may get a boost from a new electron microscopy technique sensitive to a single oxygen atom missing from a crystal layer.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin E may curb colds in old folks

    Vitamin E seems to help elderly people fend off colds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Tech

    Sound power for deep-space travel beyond sun’s reach

    An unusually efficient new type of power unit for spacecraft uses sound to convert heat to electricity.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Tech

    Ocean Envy

    By mimicking the flippers of penguins, whales, and dolphins, engineers hope to make ocean vessels that are as maneuverable and efficient as the marine animals.